Now then, stick, congratulations! And thank you.
For piperboy: I just got this lovely bit of enlightenment from the CAA:-
"There is no ski-plane rating, to be cleared for skis, you would be required to complete differences training, which would be signed off by an Instructor in your logbook. The Mountain Rating (FCL.805) includes the ability for the rating to be endorsed with skis as the method of landing on a mountain."
Armed with this knowledge - that I need instruction for a MOUNTAIN rating, not a ski rating, essentially - three aeroclubs in France spring from the woods (or hills, as it were):
Aeroclub de Couchevel-Dauphine (thanks Jude!)
Club Aeronautique d'Annemasse
Aeroclub des Trois Vallees
And I haven't started looking at Switzerland!
You can also do the mountain rating in Spain. They have a Tecnam Sierra. I'd like to try one of those, I heard you can slide the canopy open in flight, like a fighter. Pretty cool. Of course it's on wheels, though, which isn't the point of this thread
